Mountable, demountable and reuseable box

ABSTRACT

Mountable, demountable and reusable box, of those consisting of wood boards or any other similar material employing grooves on the boards and metal clamps, which can be inserted in said grooves for joining the boards to each other, forming straight dihedron, such that they are properly assembled.

The present invention, which is intended to be protected as a utilitymodel, has as an object a mountable, demountable box and reusable asmany times as desired and which intends to substitute the standardboxes, constructed based on wood boards nailed together by means ofnails, which technique makes the assembly complicated, makes thedisassembly difficult and, in practice, makes impossible thereutilization of the boxes.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Until now, there are mountable, demountable and reusable boxes, whichusually employ metal screws, special wood pieces or rods made ofdifferent materials and configurations for joining its constituentpanels

In most of these embodiments, the operations of assembly and disassemblyof the boxes are not easy, and in many cases they demand for itscarrying out the employment of specific tools which are not alwaysavailable.

Moreover, during them usually is not possible to fill up the boxes ifthey don't have their base and side boards previously mounted, which canmake the filling or emptying operations quite cumbersome, which would bese significantly simplified if it was possible to place the load overthe basic board, without having the side boards mounted, or to removethe load without the presence of these constituent elements of the box.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

In order to prevent all these problems, the invention described andclaimed herein proposes the use of boards, provided with perimetergrooves made near their edges, as well as of some L-shaped anchor metalclamps, with their ends bent 90° inwards, such that these bent parts canbe fitted in the grooves of two perpendicular boards, and thus join themin a steady and safe manner.

The necessary boards for each box (base, side walls and lid) are easy tobuild in factory, since it is enough to perimetrally groove standardboards. Likewise, the necessary clamps are easy to manufacture fromsheet narrow strips, being enough to cut and bend them conveniently inthe noted manner.

With these pieces, the mounting, dismantling and the reuse of the boxesis very simple, since they can be returned dismantled to source, bystacking and baling the boards forming them, with a significantreduction of the volume occupied by the boxes with respect to the onethey gage when they are mounted.

Eventually and for the cases wherein is intended to reinforce the safetyof the corresponding mounting of the boxes in view of probablyaccidental or fraudulent dismantling thereof, at each one of the wingsof the clamps, a through hole for nailing or screwing thereof to theboards has been provided, although part of the advantages that theaforementioned simple process of assembly and disassembly of the boxesare lost.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

For a better understanding of all that has been described so far, a pagewith drawings, corresponding to a preferred embodiment of the inventionis included, wherein it can be observed the following:

In FIG. 1, a perspective view of a box mounted with its scored boards.

In FIG. 2, a detail of the scored boards.

In FIG. 3, one of the L-bent metal clamps, with kinked ends at 90°, usedfor the mounting of the boxes,

In FIG. 4, one of the metal clamps, wherein the through holes intendedfor the nails or the screws, to be used at possible attachments ofreinforced nature, of the clamps to the boards.

On them, the different elements are designated with the followingnumeric references:

1.—Box mounted with its clamps,

2.—Board with its grooves

3.—L-bent metal clamp,

4.—Through holes

PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION

The box of the invention (1) is mounted based on six scored boards (2)for its base, lateral sides and lid and, at least, with one dozen ofL-bent metal clamps (3), being as is shown in FIG. 1.

In order to open it and dismantling it, it is enough to slightly leverup the metal clamps and separate the boards (2), starting by the oneacting as a lid and, if desired, continuing by the sides. Once thecontent of the box has been emptied, it can-be returned to source bycompletely dismantling it, and stacking and baling the correspondingboards.

Once the box has been returned to source, it can be reused, loaded andmounted with the original metal clamps (3), or else using some new onesin the case that the first had been damaged or lost.

For the aforementioned exceptional cases, nails or screws that will benailed or screwed to the boards across the through holes (4) made on theclamps will be utilized.

It is not considered necessary to expand more on this description Inorder for any skilled in the art to understand the extent of the presentinvention, as well as the technical effects and the new benefits thatcan be derived thereof.

The terms on which the present technical specification has been writtenshould always be considered in the widest and less limiting senseresulting compatible with the essentiality of the invention beingdescribed and claimed therein.

1. Mountable, demountable and reusable box, of the ones consisting ofwood boards, or any other similar material, characterized by theemployment of grooves on the boards and of metal clamps, which may beinserted in said grooves, for joining the boards to each other, formingstraight dihedron, such that the constituents of the base, the foursides and the lid of the box are properly assembled.
 2. Mountable,demountable and reusable box, according to claim 1, characterized inthat the wings of each clamp passes through holes, for possible nailingor screwing of the clamps to the boards, in those cases where isintended a reinforced assembly of the box.
 3. Mountable, demountable andreuseable box, according to claim 1, characterized in that the grooveswherein the metal clamps are inserted, are arranged parallel and next tothe four edges of each one of the six constituent boards of the box. 4.Mountable, demountable and reusable box, according to claim 3,characterized in that the wings of each clamp passes through holes, forpossible nailing or screwing of the clamps to the boards, in those caseswhere is intended a reinforced assembly of the box.
 5. Mountable,demountable and reusable box, according to claim 1, characterized inthat the metal clamps are made up of L-bent sheet strips and with itsends provided with short kinks at 90° and directed inwards. 6.Mountable, demountable and reusable box, according to claim 5,characterized in that the wings of each clamp passes through holes, forpossible nailing or screwing of the clamps to the boards, in those caseswhere is intended a reinforced assembly of the box.